31: School Nurse
There is a _____________ of school nurses - correct answer ✔shortage
School nurses provide care children in what settings? - correct answer ✔all
school settings, as well as in their homes, correctional settings, hospitals, and
during field trips, athletic competitions, and other extracurricular events.
In 1800, __________________________________ provided medical
examinations for children in London schools - correct answer ✔Metropolitan
Association of Nursing
In 1897, New York began to identify ill children. - correct answer ✔•Excluded
ill children from class so classmate not infected
•Health education
•By the early 1900s, when the spread of infectious diseases was the main
health problem, the nurses from the Henry Street Settlement in New York City
began going into both homes and schools to assess children. The need for
school nurses was immediately recognized, and a school nursing course was
added to the nursing curriculum of Teachers College, New York City, by 1910.
In 1902, ____________________nurses began going into homes and schools
to assess children. - correct answer ✔Henry Street Settlement
What kind of education is preferred for school nursing? - correct answer
✔BSN preferred but not required
When did Teachers College in New York City add a course on school
nursing? - correct answer ✔1910
, When were nurses 1st employed by school districts? - correct answer ✔1949
What happened with school nursing in the 1950's? - correct answer
✔Increased use of immunizations and antibiotics
School nurses turned their attention to screening children for common health
problems, vision, and hearing.
What happened with school nursing in the 1960's? - correct answer ✔•Call
for high levels of education for school nurses
•ANA position paper--The 1960s saw an upsurge in the call for higher levels of
education for school nurses with a BSN in nursing as the minimum level of
preparation
What does the Americans with Disabilities Act (1992) do? - correct answer
✔This was followed by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which
required that children with disabilities have services provided for them.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (1997) helped develop what
school plans? - correct answer ✔Individualized education plans (IEPs)
Individualized health plans (IHPs)
What did the The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 do? - correct answer
✔requires a healthy environment in the schools, which also affects children
who have health problems.
There is a _____________ of school nurses - correct answer ✔shortage
School nurses provide care children in what settings? - correct answer ✔all
school settings, as well as in their homes, correctional settings, hospitals, and
during field trips, athletic competitions, and other extracurricular events.
In 1800, __________________________________ provided medical
examinations for children in London schools - correct answer ✔Metropolitan
Association of Nursing
In 1897, New York began to identify ill children. - correct answer ✔•Excluded
ill children from class so classmate not infected
•Health education
•By the early 1900s, when the spread of infectious diseases was the main
health problem, the nurses from the Henry Street Settlement in New York City
began going into both homes and schools to assess children. The need for
school nurses was immediately recognized, and a school nursing course was
added to the nursing curriculum of Teachers College, New York City, by 1910.
In 1902, ____________________nurses began going into homes and schools
to assess children. - correct answer ✔Henry Street Settlement
What kind of education is preferred for school nursing? - correct answer
✔BSN preferred but not required
When did Teachers College in New York City add a course on school
nursing? - correct answer ✔1910
, When were nurses 1st employed by school districts? - correct answer ✔1949
What happened with school nursing in the 1950's? - correct answer
✔Increased use of immunizations and antibiotics
School nurses turned their attention to screening children for common health
problems, vision, and hearing.
What happened with school nursing in the 1960's? - correct answer ✔•Call
for high levels of education for school nurses
•ANA position paper--The 1960s saw an upsurge in the call for higher levels of
education for school nurses with a BSN in nursing as the minimum level of
preparation
What does the Americans with Disabilities Act (1992) do? - correct answer
✔This was followed by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which
required that children with disabilities have services provided for them.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (1997) helped develop what
school plans? - correct answer ✔Individualized education plans (IEPs)
Individualized health plans (IHPs)
What did the The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 do? - correct answer
✔requires a healthy environment in the schools, which also affects children
who have health problems.
